CHAPTER 2:
THE MORNING AFTER AND GREATNESS AWAITS
Talking-"human"
Talking-"DEMON/GOD"
Thinking 'human'
Thinking 'DEMON/GOD'
JUTSU/TECHNIQUE "RASENGAN!"
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STORY START
It was October 11th 7am, the morning after the sudden rampage of the great fox, the village's darkest hour and also its finest as every ninja no matter the rank rose to the challenge of defending their home. There had been casualties that much was certain, not nearly as many as one would expect for something like this and certainly not nearly as many as the original Naruto universe which we will call the "prime dimension", now just a scant few hours after the nightmare had ended it was time to bury the dead, heal the injured and repair damages unless you were a certain blonde village leader and new father on no, now was the time to give answers to your wife before you were sleeping on the couch until your first grandchild was born!
"Okay start talking Minato, how are we not dead" demanded a tired and irate Kushina to her husband whom at this point was still looking for possible escape routes. Sighing he gave in "alright honey here is what happened…" after a lengthy explanation on the specifics of what he did and the seal he used he finished with "and I told him I wasn't ready to die yet so he decided to give some mystery job to Takeru…something about holding something for safe keeping and her being unbound by fate." Kushina upon hearing this frown and thought on what he had said for a bit before responding "that worries me, what exactly does it all mean? What did he do to her specifically other than give her a seal that looks like a dragon tattoo" minato having had the same misgivings about it all really wanted to know as well but something at the back of his mind was saying that shit had yet to truly hit the fan and angering the god that spared you by running tests on the daughter he seems to favor might not be the brightest of ideas. The happy couple/new parents decided that time would tell and that they needed a plan as to what they would tell the councils and villagers about what happened, after all telling them your life was spared because death was being a fanboy for your newborn little girl may see you checking into the looney hotel complete with "I like to give myself hugs" jackets. "ok hear is what we will do, we will call a council meeting and tell them a bunch of half-truths cover a few things up, the ninja council will need to know about the fox but everything else will be kept hush-hush." Minato told his wife while holding Naruto in one arm and his red haired brother kotaro in the other as kunshina took to feeding takeru who oddly looked to be frowning at her father's idea. Hours later we find the new family of five in the Konoha council chambers listening to various reports and grievences.
A tall man with spiky black hair tied up into a high ponytail which gave is head the appearance of a pineapple currently had the floor, this man was shikkaku nara the jounin commander and minato's right hand man. "Lord hokage the damages to the village was minimal at best and so far the number of lives lost total 200 with 10 being civilian, 100 being genin, 40 chunin, 25 jounin, and the last 25 being anbu."
Minato sighed as he knew the families of those lost would need some form of comfort and as the hokage it would fall to him to ensure that the memorial service was taken care of and by god he would see every ninja lost last night buried with full honors. "Make sure that the entire village knows when the memorial service will be and keep me posted on the expense of the repairs. Now before we leave for the day is there any other business?" minato said hoping that he could just go home and not answer anything yet but just like that one time he had gone peeping with him master jiraiya luck was not on his side. "Actually lord hokage I believe we should address what happened to the fox" said an old man holding a cane with one eye bandaged and his left arm in a sling. "Very well councilman danzo, to answer your question I sealed the fox away by having the Shinigami split it in half giving each half to my two sons Naruto and kotaro" minato told the now identified danzo. Shikkaku being the genius he was known as picked up on a very important fact, "wait minato…if you called the Shinigami how are you still alive?" 'Damn' Minato thought, he had been hoping not have to use the lie he thought up. "He told me he would let me live because he admired my drive to protect my family and village" minato felt sick as soon as the words left his mouth. Without warning a slash appeared in the air in the middle of the room and a silky and sinister voice rang out, "now now minato-chan lying is a filthy habit and lying about a god is suicidal." There in all his robed glory stood the god of death himself making everyone in the room go pale and takeru giggle and clap her hands making grabbing motions in his direction. Turning to address the room of humans he spoke again "we have much to discuss and precious little time so allow me to get comfortable" flinging off his robe in one fluid motion revealed he was wearing an expensive looking suit beneath it and had a toned body and had many women married or not blushing, he reached to his face and pulled to the left revealing he had been wearing a mask and had the appearance of a handsome man in his late 20's with black eyes and hair.
"Much better" he commented in an idle way while walking or to kushina and taking takeru from her arms making funny faces that had the baby in stitches. "Now on to why I am here and the reason your village isn't a smoking hole in the ground. It is all because of this little lady here, the second she was born I felt it, hell all of us felt it" Shiningami to them shocking them all "what do you mean lord Shinigami?" asked a rather plump man with rust red hair wearing samurai armor. "Ah yes Chouza Akamichi, a pleasure it is to meet you. What I mean is that every god and goddess has felt the energy that was released when this little girl was born." Shinigami may be a dick most of the time but he could show respect to even those beneath him at times, "Now before anyone interrupts me I have a question, who hear knows what the multiverse theory is?" at this question from the god shikkaku's eyes went wide and the Shinigami grinned and turned to him "Looks like you figured it out eh? Put simply the reason we all felt it when she was born is because it shouldn't have happened. There are an infinite number of universes where you all exist, however this is the only one where this child exists meaning she is what is known as a dimensional anchor. Normally the fourth and his wife would have had one child or maybe twins, two sons, one son, maybe a daughter named naruko, but this specific child came into being through sheer chance and as an anchor her thread of fate is gold meaning things like destiny and time hold no meaning. The simple fact is that in every other universe the fox would have wrecked your shit before the fourth sold his soul to me to seal it in his son." Everyone took a moment to digest this information before a man wearing a high collared jacket and shades named Shibi asked the next question "what else does being an anchor entail and is the child a threat?" the Shinigami actually snarled at the man before giving his reply angrily "Anchors are normally inanimate objects that hold some importance to the world and can cause wars and genocide, for the first time ever and anchor was BORN and not made and add to the fact her soul is a perfect balance of yin and yang I would be shocked if you didn't see why we would all be falling over ourselves to make sure she was ok. I will say this once, be glad this happened as this is one of the universes in which the fox was supposed to destroy konoha." With that he handed Takeru back her mother before planting a kiss on her forehead and moving over to Naruto and Kotaro's cribs rubbing their heads he smiled again before slowly fading from view with a few parting words "Remember our bargain Minato! I have spared you twice now so always remember that I am watching and that death forever smiles upon your daughter." Minato released a breath he didn't know he had been holding and addressed the people in the chamber "what happened here today as well as any information shared does not leave this room so as of now this is an S-ranked secret, now everyone go home to your families and just spend time with them or something" and with that he got up and flashed away with his family leaving a room full of people with much to think on, some would go home and think on the little girl who seemed to have the death god's ear while others would plot to control her, but all any of them would agree on is that this was just the beginning of something great.